Sliding Door Stuck Shut

[Zpenceretch]

Last week I opened my sliding door, and when i went to shut it, it would not latch shut but instead just slammed metal to metal. I tried lifting it up with a friend and shutting it several times, and it finally latched. The problem is it only latched in the back, the front end of the door has about an inch and a half gap between it and the body of the van. the door is not in danger of flying open, but when i try to open it, the handle is so stuck it will not even budge. I am going to take off the inside panel and try to assess what may be going on. I wanted to post and see if anyone has had a similar issue and, if so, how they remedied the problem.

Thanks.

[originalkwyjibo]

Check the latch to make sure it didn't get closed while the door was still open. I've bumped my before and inadvertently latched it.

[Zpenceretch]

Check the latch to make sure it didn't get closed while the door was still open. I've bumped my before and inadvertently latched it.

I was actually able to get it open and now I am able to see that the door got stuck because it is way out of alignment. I have searched all over the forum looking for help. Anybody have any walk throughs or tips on realigning a sliding door?

[llamavan]

Got pictures? The only time I've seen this problem was when the upper roller/guide was out of the track, but without seeing this, there's no way to know if it's that or something different.

Gwen